in Fabulous History, a Lydian maiden who is said to have been the inventress of spinning. She is fabled to have been so proud of her skill in this art as to challenge Minerva to compete with her. The goddess, inflamed with jealousy, struck Arachne and tore her work, upon which she hanged herself in despair. Minerva, from compassion, brought her to life, and transformed her into a spider, which still employs itself in spinning.—Ovid, Met., vi. 1-145.

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1 M. Felix Mengin landed in Egypt with the French expedition under Bonaparte. He remained in Cairo for 20 years after the country was evacuated by his countrymen, where he collected much valuable information respecting the internal administration of Egypt and the Wahabys. His account of this Mahometan sect is derived from the grandson of Ebn-Abdul-Wahab, its founder.